Semel Gorofsky

Semel Gorofsky (died 1876) was a Russian Jewish immigrant to Dodge City, Kansas during the 1870s.

Biography
Semel Gorofsky was born in the Russian Empire to a Jewish family, the son of Moshe and Zisha Gorofsky and the brother of Laibel and Gearshon Gorofsky. In 1876, the family emigrated to the United States, settling in Dodge City, Kansas. However, as Semel prayed with his father at their camp in the countryside, they were beset by anti-Semitic locals Rouse, Calvin, and Homer Ruxton, and the locals interrupted their prayer, knocked down Moshe, tied a rope around Gorofsky's hands, and proceeded to ride off on horseback, dragging Semel on the ground. Semel later fractured his skull when his head struck several rocks on the ground, and he would die of his wounds at Dr. Galen Adams' practice in the town.